Louis van Gaal vowed last night to restore Manchester United to the summit of
English football and “make history” at the club as a new era was ushered in
at Old Trafford.

Twenty-seven days after David Moyes’s calamitous ten-month reign was ended,
United announced yesterday afternoon that Van Gaal had signed a three-year
contract to become their new manager after ignoring a request from his wife
to retire.

The news came as Ryan Giggs — the most decorated player in English football
history — announced his retirement after playing 963 games over a 23-year
period for the club to take up a